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meagbuch

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What are marketable permits? Suppose there are two firms in an area, each emitting tons of sulfur. The government decides on a target level of 200 tons of sulfur, and gives each firm a permit to emit 100 tons of sulfur.
 
  Suppose Firm A is very efficient and can reduce pollution by 100 tons with an abatement cost of 500. Firm B has an older plant, so it will cost Firm B 1,000 to reduce emissions by 100 tons. What will occur with marketable permits?

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The value of the x-coordinate of a point in a graph is the length of a line from the point to the
 
  A) origin.
  B) scalar.
  C) x-axis.
  D) y-axis.



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Answer to Question 1

Marketable permits are a government issued permit that allows a firm to emit a certain amount of pollution. Firms are allowed to buy and sell these permits.
Firm A can reduce pollution by 100 tons with an abatement cost of 500, while it costs Firm B 1,000 for the same reduction. Marketable permits can be bought and sold. Hence Firm A can reduce its emissions at the cost of 500 and sell its permit to Firm B for some price higher than 500. Firm B has an incentive to buy the permit for any price less than 1,000 rather than reduce its emissions at the cost of 1,000. Hence with marketable permits, Firm A will sell its permit to Firm B.

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meagbuch

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Reply 2 on: Jun 29, 2018
Excellent


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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